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Gender and socially inclusive WASH in Nepal: moving beyond “technical fixes”

Frontiers in Human Dynamics, 2023
The enactment of a new Constitution in 2015 in Nepal marked a shift to a representative system of federal governance. Earlier in 2002, the country's Tenth Five Year Plan had committed to a core focus on gender equality and social inclusion (GESI) in ...
Manohara Khadka, Deepa Joshi, Labisha Uprety, Gitta Shrestha, Gitta Shrestha   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Un protocole pour la modélisation du fonctionnement des stations d'épuration à boues activées [PDF]

Sciences, Eaux & Territoires, 2012
Les stations d’épuration sont des systèmes dynamiques, soumis à d’importantes variations temporelles. La modélisation de leur fonctionnement, qui consiste à représenter mathématiquement l’évolution dans le temps de variables d’intérêt représentant les ...
GILLOT, Sylvie, LANGERGRABER, Günter, OHTSUKI, Takayuki, SHAW, Andrew, TAKACS, Imre, WINKLER, Stefan, WINKLER, Stefan   +6 more
doaj  

Technology for whom? Solar irrigation pumps, women, and smallholders in Nepal

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023
Agricultural technologies are often promoted as a medium for women’s economic empowerment, which can transform unequal gender relations in rural agrarian societies.
Gitta Shrestha, Gitta Shrestha, Labisha Uprety, Manohara Khadka, Aditi Mukherji   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Barriers to the uptake of solar-powered irrigation by smallholder farmers in sub-saharan Africa: A review

Energy Strategy Reviews
Irrigation expansion is critical for agricultural and rural development, food and nutrition security, and climate change adaptation in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA).
Neha Durga, Petra Schmitter, Claudia Ringler, Shrishti Mishra, Manuel S. Magombeyi, Abena Ofosu, Paul Pavelic, Fitsum Hagos, Dagmawi Melaku, Shilp Verma, Thai Minh, Chamunorwa Matambo   +11 more
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Concepts and applications of the Flanders Hydrological Model environment

E3S Web of Conferences, 2016
Today, water authorities face a set of water management challenges, related to new European policies, climate change adaptation, land use planning, urban wastewater and storm water management.
Vansteenkiste Thomas, Dewelde Joost, Cabus Pieter, de Jongh Inge, Cauwenberghs Kris   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Mechanisms of parasite‐mediated disruption of brain vessels

FEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Parasites can affect the blood vessels of the brain, often causing serious neurological problems. This review explains how different parasites interact with and disrupt these vessels, what this means for brain health, and why these processes matter. Understanding these mechanisms may help us develop better ways to prevent or treat brain infections in ...
Leonor Loira, Sílvia Arroz‐Madeira, Cláudio A. Franco, Sara Silva Pereira   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Can water, energy, and food policies in support of solar irrigation enable gender transformative changes? Evidence from policy analysis in Bangladesh and Nepal

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems
Solar irrigation pumps (SIPs) are emerging as a popular technology to address water, energy, and climate change challenges in South Asia while enhancing livelihoods and food security.
Manohara Khadka, Labisha Uprety, Gitta Shrestha, Shristi Shakya, Archisman Mitra, Aditi Mukherji   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Solar pumps and South Asia’s energy-groundwater nexus: exploring implications and reimagining its future

Environmental Research Letters, 2018
South Asia’s groundwater economy stands at the threshold of a revolution in adoption of solar irrigation pumps (SIPs). This has potential to unlock the region’s perverse energy-groundwater nexus.
Tushaar Shah, Abhishek Rajan, Gyan Prakash Rai, Shilp Verma, Neha Durga   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Factors affecting willingness to adopt climate insurance among smallholder farmers in Sri Lanka

Climate Risk Management, 2023
Drought is an almost annual phenomenon affecting many parts of Sri Lanka, causing huge damage to agriculture and losses to the broader economy in general and farmers in particular. Climate change threatens to exacerbate these risks.
Mohamed Aheeyar, Upali Amarasinghe, Giriraj Amarnath, Niranga Alahacoon   +3 more
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Reducing soil degradation to increase resilience to climate change and strengthen livelihoods in Ethiopia. [PDF]

, 2019
Soil degradation is a major problem in Ethiopia. Depletion of soil organic matter is a cause of low agricultural productivity, as soils become less fertile and less resilient to extreme weather events, which are expected to increase with climate change ...
International Water Management Institute
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